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Infant & Child Welfare Exhibit in Glens Falls, May 1914
On May 20, 1914 the Infant Welfare Exhibit opened at City Hall in Glens Falls. The multi-day event was created to help mothers better...

Tisha Dolton
May 21, 20216 min read
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Folklife After Hours Presents Suffrage Singer!
"Set Your Daughters Free" (1912) Lyrics: Eugenie M. Raye-Smith, Tune: "Wait for the Wagon" traditional VERSE 1 Oh, New York with your...

Tisha Dolton
Apr 2, 20212 min read
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The Monday Reading Club of Glens Falls, NY
Study Clubs were all the rage amongst middle & upper class women in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Glens Falls boasted at least...

Tisha Dolton
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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Jeannette Roosa Davis, her husband Loyal, & the Anti-Suffragists of Glens Falls
In researching the suffrage movement using local newspapers to uncover the names of women involved in the cause, I came across a small...

Tisha Dolton
Feb 10, 202110 min read
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Suffrage Centennial Celebrated in Embroidery
Equali-Tea: Suffragist Tea Cozies in Redwork is the newest exhibition in the Folklife Gallery at Crandall Public Library, but with the...

Tisha Dolton
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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Revolt! 1916 & 2016
Maury Thompson came to me one day back in 2016, because he knew I was interested in the Woman Suffrage Movement, & told me about an...

Tisha Dolton
Sep 3, 20202 min read
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Suffragists in Warren County, NY
If you are in the Glens Falls, NY area before Labor Day, please stop by the Warren County Historical Society & take a look at their...

Tisha Dolton
Aug 13, 202015 min read
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